Attachment for vacuum celaners



July 25, 1933. 0.1-1. CHASON 3 A'ITACI-IMENT FOR VACUUM CLEANERS FiledJune 22, 1932 Patented July 25, 1933 UNITED STATES IPATENTOFFICE DANIELH. GHASON, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE SINGER MANU-FACTURING COMPANY, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEYApplication, filed June 22,

This invention relates to attachments for vacuum cleaners and has forits primary object to provide an improved attachment for polishingfloors.

With the above and other objects in view, as will hereinafter appear,the invention comprises the devices, combinations, and arrangements ofpartshereinafter set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawingof a preferred embodiment of the invention, from which the severalfeatures of the invention and the advantages attained thereby will bereadily understood by those skilled in the art.

The preferred embodiment of the invention will be understood byreference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of a portable type vacuum cleaner with myvimprovedfloor polishing attachment 'removably se-. cured thereto.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the vacuum cleaner with the attachmentsecured thereto.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the floor polishing attachment.

Fig. 4 is a vertlcal section taken substantially along the line 4. l ofFig. 3. In the embodiment of this invention selected for illustration 1designates the ordinary portable vacuum cleaner having the usual handle2, motor 3 and suction nozzle 4 terminating in a rib 5.

My improved floor polishing attachment comprises a thick flatrectangular metallic plate 6 to the under side of which is secured bythe rivets 7 a felt pad 8. Mounted on the upper side of the plate 6 arelugs apd 11 having depending headed extensions 9 and 9 extending throughsuitable apertures in the plate 6. Pivotally secured to the lugs 10 and11 by the pivot bolts 12 and 12' are the ears 13 of the spring-clips l3and 14 having upstanding arms 15 which grip or embrace the rib 5 of thesuction nozzle 4 along the front and rear sides thereof. The pivotalconnection between the polishing plate 6 and the springs clips 13 and 14permits the plate to rest fiat upon the floor with the vacuum cleanernozzle tilted upwardly sufiiciently to admit the polishing ATTACHMENTEOE VACUUM CLEANERS 1932. Serial No. 618,668.

plate and also permits the polishing plate to accommodate itself toirregularities in the secured to the under side of said plate,

spring-clips adapted to embrace said suction nozzle for attaching saidplate to said nozzle, and means for pivotally connecting and plate tosaid spring-clips.

2. A floor polishing attachment for vacuum cleaners having a suctionnozzle, comprising a plate formed with upstanding lugs .on the upperside thereof and a polishing pad secured to the under side thereof,clips havlng spring-arms which are adapted to embrace and detachablysecure said plate to the nozzle of said vacuum cleaner, and means forpivot-ally connecting said clips to the upstanding lugs on said plate.

3. A polishing attachment for a vacuum cleaner having a suction nozzleformed with ribs, comprising a plate formed with upstanding lugs andhaving a polishing pad secured to the under side thereof, a pair ofclips having upstanding spring-arms adapted to embrace and engage theribs on said nozzle for detachably securing said plate thereto anddepending ears extending over and pivotally connected to the upstandinglugs onsaid plate. i

DANIEL H. CHASON.

